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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bespeke, v. [e.m.E. bespeak (1590); also ME. bespeke in another sense.] tr. a. To beseech. b. To speak or negotiate with. —1575 Edinb. Test. III. 304 b.
Bespekand that maist gracious god … haif mercie vpoun me 1619 Thanes of Cawdor 250.
He wald not drawe you to charges quhill he had bespokine sum undertakeris in that particular
